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Overview
Northern Territory General Practice Education (NTGPE) is the innovative provider of quality general practice training and an active collaborator in the provision general medical education in Australia’s Northern Territory.
As a key contributor to leadership in national and international models for general medical education, especially for remote and Aboriginal communities, NTPGE aspires to be ethical and socially just in all activities, while providing a flexible, supportive and culturally aware learning environment.
Through innovative, learner focused training and education NTGPE has become one of Australia’s leading providers of vertically integrated undergraduate and postgraduate medical and cultural education and training in rural and remote Indigenous health and general practice.
NTGPE was established in 2002 by a consortium of partners including Flinders University, Charles Darwin University, GP Divisions of the NT, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. It is funded by the Federal government to provide postgraduate training in general practice, vocational placements for Junior Doctors and to provide community based primary care placements to students from medical schools in all Australian states.
NTGPE is a NT-wide organisation with two regional offices in Darwin and Alice Springs. Although its 30 employees are located primarily in the two regional centres, the majority of participants enrolled in NTPE programs will be placed at some time in an Aboriginal community setting for clinical experience and/or vocational training.
In 2004 NTGPE was awarded the inaugural Indigenous Health Training Award for Excellence by the Federal Government.
NTGPE’s major programs include:
The Medical Student Placement Program
Each year places up to 200 students for 4-8 week clinical experience throughout the NT, and almost exclusively in rural/remote Indigenous health services/ clinics.
The Junior Doctor Placement Program
Each year places up to 60 junior doctors for a general practice experience in rural, remote and urban locations. The majority of junior doctors engaged in this program will have high-level involvement with Indigenous health clinical settings.
The General Practice Registrar Program
Each year enrols up to 20 new GP Registrars for a training period of three years. Currently there are 60 GP Registrars enrolled with NTGPE. This program has a high level teaching component in Medical and Cultural Education. Enrolments into this program are made via the Australian General Practice Training .
International Medical Graduate Program
NTGPE conducts workshops twice a year to assist International Medical Graduates to prepare for the Australian Medical Council (AMC) clinical examination.
The workshop covers cultural issues of living and working in Australia, clinic examination situations and peer support. A certificate of participation is issued on completion of the workshop and can be used as a bridging course towards the part 2 examinations.
